A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 1.1%
20% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Fen End had 246 residents and 86 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 40.2. Across Fen End, 5.8% of households have no car or van. More households with dependent children than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 31%.
Half of Fen End is under 40.2, younger than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 90% of UK towns: 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
33% of Fen End’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. Full-time students account for 4.8%.
Larger households than 99% of UK towns: 2.9 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Midlands’ towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
In Fen End, 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 27% in Fen End. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%) and in EU countries (1.6%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK is 5.7%, against 18% across England’s towns.
In Fen End, 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 68% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 89% of Fen End · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (5.7%), Other White (3.7%) and Caribbean (0.8%). 37% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. In Fen End, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns.
Above 86% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Here half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. At 35%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 64% of UK towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Fen End compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Fen End
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fen End | 246 | — | 40.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 1.9 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Burton Green | 1,556 | 2.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 30% |
| Kingswood | 1,197 | 3.2 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 3.7 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 30% |
| Kenilworth | 22,239 | 4.2 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Hampton in Arden | 1,867 | 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 4.7 mi | 42 | 11% | 39% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Midlands’ towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Midlands (or England), summed the same way as Fen End’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Fen End’s residents
What is the population of Fen End?
The 2021 Census counted 246 people in Fen End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fen End?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fen End?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fen End?
37% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.1% were Muslim and 9.8% didn’t answer.
Is Fen End good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fen End’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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